Table 8.C2 Number of participating Medicare hospitals and certified beds, by type of hospital, region, division, and state; United States and outlying areas, December 2005

Census division and state or area

All hospitals

Short-stay and critical access hospitals a

Other non-short-stay b

Hospitals

Beds

Hospitals

Beds

Bedsper 1,000enrollees c

Hospitals

Beds

Total

All areas

6,180

947,305

5,007

839,939

19.9

1,173

107,366

United States

6,116

935,919

4,949

829,703

20.2

1,167

106,216

New England

262

43,039

192

32,770

15.0

70

10,269

Connecticut

45

10,243

32

8,295

15.9

13

1,948

Maine

44

4,173

39

3,670

15.7

5

503

Massachusetts

113

19,590

67

13,161

13.6

43

6,429

New Hampshire

30

3,541

26

3,055

16.0

4

486

Rhode Island

15

3,664

11

2,910

17.1

4

754

Vermont

15

1,828

14

1,679

17.5

1

149

Middle Atlantic

595

141,819

459

122,882

20.2

136

18,937

New Jersey

110

30,658

79

26,465

21.9

31

4,193

New York

244

71,454

208

63,885

23.3

36

7,569

Pennsylvania

241

39,707

172

32,532

15.3

69

7,175

East North Central

914

157,387

743

143,307

21.7

171

14,080

Illinois

216

45,526

190

42,496

25.5

26

3,030

Indiana

159

19,714

115

17,279

19.1

44

2,435

Michigan

176

28,529

143

25,980

17.5

33

2,549

Ohio

219

45,264

171

41,129

23.6

48

4,135

Wisconsin

144

18,354

124

16,423

19.9

20

1,931

West North Central

797

76,926

723

70,519

23.6

74

6,407

Iowa

129

11,901

125

11,551

23.6

4

350

Kansas

158

11,267

144

10,273

25.6

14

994

Minnesota

147

16,300

133

14,512

20.8

14

1,788

Missouri

148

24,167

123

22,145

24.4

25

2,022

Nebraska

99

6,653

90

5,954

22.8

9

699

North Dakota

50

3,259

45

2,958

28.6

5

301

South Dakota

66

3,379

63

3,126

25.0

3

253

South Atlantic

900

172,576

720

153,634

18.7

180

18,942

Delaware

10

2,261

5

1,892

14.9

5

369

District of Columbia

14

4,306

7

3,527

49.5

7

779

Florida

239

56,534

190

51,650

17.0

49

4,884

Georgia

178

24,969

145

21,944

21.3

33

3,025

Maryland

64

15,868

47

13,085

18.9

17

2,783

North Carolina

136

25,671

118

22,679

17.8

18

2,992

South Carolina

78

12,580

60

11,200

17.3

18

1,380

Virginia

112

20,904

91

19,147

19.4

21

1,757

West Virginia

69

9,483

57

8,510

24.0

12

973

East South Central

516

74,765

429

68,310

24.5

87

6,455

Alabama

128

19,705

103

17,871

23.8

25

1,840

Kentucky

121

17,405

98

15,269

22.7

23

2,136

Mississippi

112

12,986

101

12,400

27.4

11

586

Tennessee

155

24,669

127

22,770

24.8

28

1,899

West South Central

1,030

114,031

738

96,506

23.2

292

17,525

Arkansas

110

11,203

84

9,254

19.6

26

1,949

Louisiana

237

22,404

140

17,865

29.5

97

4,539

Oklahoma

155

14,846

127

13,468

24.9

28

1,378

Texas

528

65,578

387

55,919

22.1

141

9,659

Mountain

467

49,048

392

43,941

17.5

75

5,107

Arizona

95

13,779

76

12,589

16.0

19

1,190

Colorado

88

12,004

71

10,563

20.5

17

1,441

Idaho

48

3,250

42

2,973

15.5

6

277

Montana

64

2,927

62

2,745

18.6

2

182

Nevada

43

5,613

32

4,930

16.7

11

683

New Mexico

52

4,911

42

4,450

16.9

10

461

Utah

48

5,113

41

4,313

18.3

7

800

Wyoming

29

1,451

26

1,378

19.4

3

73

Pacific

635

106,328

553

97,834

17.3

82

8,494

Alaska

24

1,523

22

1,354

26.2

2

169

California

421

80,785

360

75,079

18.5

61

5,706

Hawaii

28

2,740

23

2,310

12.8

5

430

Oregon

60

7,456

58

7,175

13.4

2

281

Washington

102

13,824

90

11,916

14.6

12

1,908

Outlying areas

64

11,386

58

10,236

10.6

6

1,150

Puerto Rico

59

10,701

53

9,551

16.0

6

1,150

Virgin Islands

2

320

2

320

25.5

0

0

Other

3

365

3

365

1.0

0

0

SOURCE: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

a. Critical access hospitals are included with short-stay hospitals because, though not subject to one of the Medicare inpatient hospital prospective payment systems, they essentially function as and are viewed as short-stay hospitals by their communities.